dear_mun | (no subject)

You're not alone, are you?

I'm never alone, Sokka. Are you?

I'm never alone either. But lonely sometimes anyway. It's impossible not to miss you.

Well.. that's nice to know, I guess.

[ AKA- she misses you too, man. ]

How's Adstring? Still the same?

[A shrug.] Same stuff, different day. It's gotten really quiet. For me, at least. So I decided to do some volunteer work. Or at least light pay work. You know, branch out.

That's a good way to stay busy. Have you remembered everything? From before?

[ruefully] Even if I tried to forget some of it, yeah. What can I say? It's always a learning experience there. Feels less like home without so many friends, but giving it up again would be so hard.

[And then tentatively:] Do you ever miss it there? Or is it just the people?

I was there for almost two years. It was- miserable, for a lot of it, but I made memories - had experiences - that would be impossible anywhere else.

[ She's smiling, gently, trying to comfort whatever might be causing him to speak so carefully. ]

Of course I miss it.

[We'll just say he doesn't think much of all of his decisions as of late. He returns the smile, though.]

Did you ever think you would? M-miss it, I mean. It's a bit weird to miss such an awful place.

No, I didn't think I would. It's so much different than home.. but I don't know that I would trade it for anything. Everything that happened with the people there - that couldn't happen anywhere but there.

[ Her friends. Conversations with Sokka. Jet. ]

[He can definitely understand that.]

Some of it can happen here, though. That's something. At least we can talk a bit.

It's just you and Azula these days, huh? And Appa, too, I guess.

Yeah. Plus Hermione and her dog and lots of cats. [A thin, tinny laugh.] It gets to be work after a point. Keeping everything fed's not as easy as it used to be.

What about you? Anything? Or just laying low these days?

.. really? Are things more scarce than they used to be?

[ Because she doesn't like the sound of that. ]

And.. yeah. I don't think I'm going anywhere again.

One of these days I'll be going nowhere, so you'll have some company. Except we'll be in different places, so... But, yeah, it's just the resource of people that's scarce. At least when there was a bunch of us, we could all do our parts. Now it's just a few of us doing everything. You know how that is.

Katara...

Are you okay?

I'm fine, Aang. Just.. thoughtful, I guess. What about you? How are you holding up?

I see. Just make sure that some of those thoughts are happy ones, okay?

Me? I'm doing okay. It's hard to believe it's already been a year since I got stuck in Luceti. But things have been kind of quiet here lately. I know it can't last in a place like this, but it is kind of relaxing.

[Aaand he may also currently be oblivious to the fact that your brother kind of bit the big one without anyone knowing and is currently operating without a soul as a death penalty. At least not knowing keeps him from deliving depressing news.]

[ HA HA YEAH she would not be thrilled to hear about that. She'll just smile at the news he does deliver, though. ]

You all have wings there, don't you?

We do! But they can't fly or anything. It's a little disappointing. I've just gotta stick with my normal ways of flying!

They don't let you fly? Then what's the point?

It's really weird. People say that they translate the languages from all the other worlds. And... They keep us alive here, so we gotta keep them safe. I don't understand how it works, but it does, I guess.

I really don't know how I put up with it there. Or you, either.

Because we have to. Until we find a way home, we have to put up with it. And... we all still have each other, there. Just like during the war. [Or almost just like it, currently minus Zuko for the time being and Toph.]

Yeah? And who's that?

A lot of people. You included, actually.

Wasn't expecting that one. How are you handling it so far?

I'm not really.. doing much, these days. But I knew you in both of the places I was at. You're a really admirable Avatar, Korra. Aang's proud, I'm sure.

Muns always seem to leave us hanging, don’t they? I’ve only known you from-the future(?) or something. Weird to think about actually. But thanks, Aang is a pretty smart guy and I hope I can carry on what he did.

If we’re persistent, our muns can’t ignore us though, right? Maybe it’s canon review time. I know mine is doing that right now.